![BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-1623) and Johann Israel de BRY (1565-1609). Orientalische Indien. Das ist, Auszführliche, und volkommene Historische, und Geographische Beschreibung AIIer, und jeden Schifffahrten, und Reysen ... in underschiedtIiche Königreich, Insuln, und Provintzien der Orientalischen Indien vorgenommen und verrichtet worden. [Little Voyages. India, parts I-XIII, in German]. Frankfurt: Frankfurt: Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, 1628.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16018_0271_001(bry_johann_theodor_de_and_johann_israel_de_bry_orientalische_indien_da083012).jpg?w=1)
![BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-1623) and Johann Israel de BRY (1565-1609). Orientalische Indien. Das ist, Auszführliche, und volkommene Historische, und Geographische Beschreibung AIIer, und jeden Schifffahrten, und Reysen ... in underschiedtIiche Königreich, Insuln, und Provintzien der Orientalischen Indien vorgenommen und verrichtet worden. [Little Voyages. India, parts I-XIII, in German]. Frankfurt: Frankfurt: Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, 1628.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16018_0271_002(bry_johann_theodor_de_and_johann_israel_de_bry_orientalische_indien_da083025).jpg?w=1)
![BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-1623) and Johann Israel de BRY (1565-1609). Orientalische Indien. Das ist, Auszführliche, und volkommene Historische, und Geographische Beschreibung AIIer, und jeden Schifffahrten, und Reysen ... in underschiedtIiche Königreich, Insuln, und Provintzien der Orientalischen Indien vorgenommen und verrichtet worden. [Little Voyages. India, parts I-XIII, in German]. Frankfurt: Frankfurt: Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, 1628.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16018_0271_003(bry_johann_theodor_de_and_johann_israel_de_bry_orientalische_indien_da083040).jpg?w=1)
![BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-1623) and Johann Israel de BRY (1565-1609). Orientalische Indien. Das ist, Auszführliche, und volkommene Historische, und Geographische Beschreibung AIIer, und jeden Schifffahrten, und Reysen ... in underschiedtIiche Königreich, Insuln, und Provintzien der Orientalischen Indien vorgenommen und verrichtet worden. [Little Voyages. India, parts I-XIII, in German]. Frankfurt: Frankfurt: Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, 1628.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16018_0271_000(bry_johann_theodor_de_and_johann_israel_de_bry_orientalische_indien_da102432).jpg?w=1)
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BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-1623) and Johann Israel de BRY (1565-1609). Orientalische Indien. Das ist, Auszführliche, und volkommene Historische, und Geographische Beschreibung Aller, und jeden Schifffahrten, und Reysen ... in underschiedtIiche Königreich, Insuln, und Provintzien der Orientalischen Indien vorgenommen und verrichtet worden. [Little Voyages. India, parts I-XIII, in German]. Frankfurt: Frankfurt: Caspar Rötel for Wilhelm Fitzer, 1628.
Extremely rare description in German of 16th-century European exploration of Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia, generally referred to as the Petits Voyages. The first portion is an abridgement of parts I-XI that were published separately, with the second and third portions of the text, comprising parts XII and XIII respectively, added to complete the volume. It contains several important points of interest, such as the rarely found map of China, entitled Descriptio Chorographica Regni Chinae, ???????? [Huang Ming yi tong fang yu bei lan]. This was based on a map published in Samuel Purchas' Purchas his Pilgrimes (London, 1625) and published in part XII of the Petits Voyages (misbound in this copy in part 1, p.24). The Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci is portrayed in the western margin, while the lower corners contain vignettes of male and female Chinese costume. The present lot also contains an engraved illustration of the island of Mauritius showing a bird hunt with dodos in the background (part 1, p.191); this first appeared in the 1619 edition of the Grands Voyages, but here it is completely redrawn and re-engraved, leading to a much more faithful depiction of the dodos. Very rare at auction. According to ABPC/RBH, only one copy has sold at auction (the present lot); Christie's sold part XII only in 2008, lacking the map of China. Crawford p. 201; Church 244-245 for final two parts only (the first portion of the volume not listed).
3 parts in one volume, quarto (325 x 195mm). Title within engraved architectonic border decorated with non-Europeans in local costume, 11 engraved maps and views, numerous engravings in the text, many half-page or larger, with final blank to first portion, the second and third portions published without separate title-pages and using drophead titles surmounted by headpieces depicting Noah's Ark (title backed with losses to all edges extending into plate area but only touching image, small loss to area of letter-press affecting a couple of letters, repairs to corners of most leaves, final two leaves extensively repaired with areas of loss to text, Dd4 in part 1 repaired with some minor loss of text, large repair to Aaaa4 and a few other leaves with similar but small repairs without loss of text, map of Goa and plate of market-place at Bantum cropped at sides, the map of China with tiny hole affecting a river and repairs to verso, variable browning throughout). Modern vellum. Provenance: purchased at Jeschke van Vliet, 18 January 2013, lot 110.
Extremely rare description in German of 16th-century European exploration of Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia, generally referred to as the Petits Voyages. The first portion is an abridgement of parts I-XI that were published separately, with the second and third portions of the text, comprising parts XII and XIII respectively, added to complete the volume. It contains several important points of interest, such as the rarely found map of China, entitled Descriptio Chorographica Regni Chinae, ???????? [Huang Ming yi tong fang yu bei lan]. This was based on a map published in Samuel Purchas' Purchas his Pilgrimes (London, 1625) and published in part XII of the Petits Voyages (misbound in this copy in part 1, p.24). The Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci is portrayed in the western margin, while the lower corners contain vignettes of male and female Chinese costume. The present lot also contains an engraved illustration of the island of Mauritius showing a bird hunt with dodos in the background (part 1, p.191); this first appeared in the 1619 edition of the Grands Voyages, but here it is completely redrawn and re-engraved, leading to a much more faithful depiction of the dodos. Very rare at auction. According to ABPC/RBH, only one copy has sold at auction (the present lot); Christie's sold part XII only in 2008, lacking the map of China. Crawford p. 201; Church 244-245 for final two parts only (the first portion of the volume not listed).
3 parts in one volume, quarto (325 x 195mm). Title within engraved architectonic border decorated with non-Europeans in local costume, 11 engraved maps and views, numerous engravings in the text, many half-page or larger, with final blank to first portion, the second and third portions published without separate title-pages and using drophead titles surmounted by headpieces depicting Noah's Ark (title backed with losses to all edges extending into plate area but only touching image, small loss to area of letter-press affecting a couple of letters, repairs to corners of most leaves, final two leaves extensively repaired with areas of loss to text, Dd4 in part 1 repaired with some minor loss of text, large repair to Aaaa4 and a few other leaves with similar but small repairs without loss of text, map of Goa and plate of market-place at Bantum cropped at sides, the map of China with tiny hole affecting a river and repairs to verso, variable browning throughout). Modern vellum. Provenance: purchased at Jeschke van Vliet, 18 January 2013, lot 110.
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